It is curious that the drift to leeward of the cairn, that is. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913] Reference
I met her in cairn's, once, some years ago! really nice woman. From Wordnik.com. [Portland Soapers Unite Swap] Reference
Here stood an emblem of the sun, and on the cairn was a sacred fire, which had been kept burning through the year. From Wordnik.com. [Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
Surmounting the cairn was a cross of cedar, inscribed with the words: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Salt Lake Trail] Reference
Now there is very little that can be called conventional in a mere stone pillar, or in a cairn, that is, an artificial heap of stones. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
He piles him a cairn from the lumber. From Wordnik.com. [Jones and Calypso] Reference
The Westray Stone was once part of a Neolithic chambered cairn which is thought to have been destroyed in prehistory. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Until above me the cairn is set. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Winds of Eirinn] Reference
Shout outs to 'cairn' below for posting the breadboard pic. From Wordnik.com. [MAKE Magazine] Reference
A "cairn" is a heap of stones thrown together in a conical form to mark the grave, or in memory, of a person. From Wordnik.com. [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference
They saw, as they approached, that it was a sort of "cairn," or mass of stones supporting a wooden column made out of a post. From Wordnik.com. [The Waif of the "Cynthia"] Reference
At the foot of the cairn was a new grave. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
"But yonder cairn is beautiful," exclaimed the lad. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge] Reference
Build me a burial-cairn high on the sea-cliffs head. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
Build me a burial-cairn high on the sea-cliff's head. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
And the cairn of the warrior stands gray on the hill. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
On the ground next to it sat the cairn of circled rock. From Wordnik.com. [Whiskers] Reference
About two o'clock we passed a "memorial heap," or cairn. From Wordnik.com. [My Three Days in Gilead] Reference
Then in that cairn they placed necklets and rings and gems. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
Gunnar had turned himself in the cairn and looked at the moon. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
High declivitous, masses of rock formed a sort of immense cairn. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
Dionysus, and over it they raised a great cairn on the shore of the. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
They cast a cairn over Gunnar, and made him sit upright in the cairn. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Then all at once they thought they saw the cairn standing open, and lo!. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Each man, by Charles's order, carried a stone to lay on Manfred's cairn. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
They thought that he was merry, and that he was singing inside the cairn. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
I made the bones into a decent heap and piled rocks into a cairn over them. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
Those who had placed their stones stood around in groups to watch the cairn grow. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Gunnar brought Hjort home, laid out on his shield, and he was buried in a cairn there. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Margaret, on the hill where the cairn stands and no man knows who would be the builders. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
They thought they saw four lights burning in the cairn, and none of them threw a shadow. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
"Ossian" looms large through the mist, but walk up to him, and the pyramid is but a cairn. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
A little after Valgard took a sickness and breathed his last, and he was laid in a cairn by. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Gunnar Lambi's son bore the body of Thrain with him to Gritwater, and he was laid in a cairn there. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
They frequently wandered around Ralph's grave, and never omitted adding a stone to the cairn, which they had raised to his memory. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
He got a long tree branch, stripped it, and went along the side of the cairn, poking in and out among the dense dumps of shrubbery. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
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